Budge Garrett
Alfred Tennyson Garrett was a professional football player with the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League in 1922). During his one year with the Pros he won the first AFPA/NFL Championship. He returned to the NFL in 1922 as a player-coach for the Milwaukee Badgers, compiling a 2-1-3 record.
| Born: | April 17, 1893 Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
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| Died: | June 11, 1950 (aged 57)[1] Verona, New Jersey, United States |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Fullback/End/Guard |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| College | Rutgers |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1922 | Milwaukee Badgers |
| As player | |
| 1917 | Youngstown Patricians |
| 1917–1919 | Massillon Tigers |
| 1920 | Akron Pros |
| 1922 | Milwaukee Badgers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Prior to joining the NFL, Garrett grew up in Oklahoma on a Creek Indian Reservation. He later attended a played college football at Rutgers University. He later made the 1915 College Football All-America Team. He first played professional football for the Massillon Tigers and Youngstown Patricians of the "Ohio League", during the pre-NFL era.
References
- Pellowski, Michael J. (2007). Rutgers Football: A Gridiron Tradition in Scarlet. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4283-6.
Notes
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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